Beamline for Schools | Celebration of the 10th anniversary

Monday 16 Sept 2024, 15:30 → 19:30 Europe/Zurich

222/R-001 (CERN)

Marcel Stanitzki (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Sarah Zoechling (CERN), Sascha Schmeling (CERN)

Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a physics competition open to high school students from around the world. Participants are invited to prepare a proposal for an experiment to be conducted at the beamline of a particle accelerator, either at CERN (European laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland) or DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germany). In 2024, we celebrate 10 fantastic years of BL4S, marking its 10th anniversary, as well as the 5th anniversary of the successful CERN-DESY collaboration for BL4S. 

The celebration ceremony will take place in a hybrid format on-site at CERN and DESY and online. On-site participants at CERN and DESY will have the opportunity to visit the BL4S experimental areas after the ceremony and to join the celebration reception. 

Location at DESY: DESY II Test Beam Hall B (building 27)
Location at CERN: 222/R-001; East Area (building 157); R1

 

Celebration Ceremony

1 Welcome from DESY and CERN

Speakers: Beate Heinemann (DESY and University of Freiburg (Germany)), Mike Lamont (CERN)

2 Winning team of the 11th edition (2024) - 'Mavericks'

Presentation

3 Message from Estonia

Speaker: Riia SALSA-AUDIFFREN (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva)

4 Winning team of the 11th edition (2024) - 'Sakura Particles'

Presentation

5 Message from Japan

Speaker: Atsuyuki OIKE (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva)

6 Winning team of the 11th edition (2024) - 'SPEEDers'

240916-OFFICIAL SPEEDers Presentation #2.pdf

7 Message from the US

Speaker: Abigail GREENWALD (Deputy Consul General at US Consulate General Hamburg)

8 A decade of beams, teams, dreams and teens

Speaker: Christoph Rembser (CERN)

20240915-BL4S-BeamsTeamsDreamsTeens.pdf

9 Closing statements

10 For on-site participants: Visit at the BL4S experimental areas

On-site participants at CERN and DESY have the unique opportunity to visit the BL4S experimental areas. This is a great occasion to learn more about the winning experiments of BL4S 2024!

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS: closed, flat shoes; above 16 years old; not pregnant; no Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMD)
=> Note that we will provide you with safety helmets to be worn during the visit.

11 For on-site participants: Celebration Reception

On-site participants at CERN and DESY are heartly invited to join the celebration reception. This is a great opportunity to meet the winning teams of BL4S 2024 as well as the many precious supporters of BL4S!